A lot of speculations were doing rounds in the media when, it was announced that Subhash Ghai's hit film 'Ram Lakhan' would be remade. Also, for the first time, Rohit Shetty and Karan Johar would be teaming up to direct this brother's saga. Immediately,several stories regarding the cast started coming up. Eventually, Karan Johar took to Twitter to clear those rumours about the casting of the film.

However as per a daily, a reliable source close to the project revealed that Sidharth Malhotra has been finalised to play the role of Ram, which was portrayed by Jackie Shroff in the original film. The source says, "The makers were looking out for an appropriate actor to play the role of Ram in the remake of 'Ram Lakhan'. Of course, a lot of speculative names have been doing rounds, however they have finally zeroed down on Sidharth Malhotra for this coveted role."Apparently, Ranbir Kapoor has also been finalized to play the role of younger brother, Lakhan in this much awaited remake.

The original 'Ram Lakhan' was directed by Subhash Ghai and had an ensemble cast comprising of Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Madhuri Dixit Nene and Dimple Kapadia. It would be quite interesting to see, which Bollywood actresses would play the female leads in this remake!

Recently, Karan Johar had revealed that 'Ram Lakhan' would hit the floors in early 2016.